‘Higher Education Dept. will prioritise recruiting teachers to courses with high student enrolment’

The Tamil Nadu Higher Education Department will prioritise filling up vacancies in those programmes with high student enrolment at State-run universities, Higher Education Secretary Dheeraj Kumar told the University of Madras (UoM) Senate on Friday.

The Department has sought department-wise lists of vacancies in all State-run universities, along with the teacher-student ratio, Mr. Kumar said in response to queries raised by professors at the Senate meeting that he chaired.

“The government has policy clarity now, and this will be done. We want to give priority to such departments so that when there are crucial shortages, they get addressed immediately through regular faculty intake,” he clarified.